tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61556880485608189822018-12-14T04:59:15.820-08:00ChildfreedomMusings on the Childfree Lifestyle and our Child-Centric SocietyChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.comBlogger409125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-49361151308392788472017-02-23T08:01:00.001-08:002017-02-23T08:01:35.328-08:00Parent Says "Kids are overrated and you don't have to do it"
Thanks to CFVixen for forwarding me this great (and humorous) article by a mom blogger who let's everyone in on a big secret (which really isn't a secret to the happily childfree) - having kids is overrated and you don't have to do it.
She explains that it is parental jealousy of our happy childfree lives that spurs many parents into a scornful rage, admonishing the childfree to hurry up andChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-6728014748055946802016-06-30T19:00:00.000-07:002016-07-01T10:49:11.504-07:00Reason #102 not to have kids102. You will never have to post selfies of yourself in a crop top with a dopey duck-lip expression and vines on your head to teach your skanky daughter to stop doing it.
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.cbs-link {color:#4B5054;text-decoration:none; font: normal 12px Arial;}.cbs-link:hover {color:#A7COFF;text-decoration:none; font: normal 12px Arial;}.cbs-pipe {color:#303435;padding: 0 2px;}.cbs-resources {height:24px; background-color:#000; padding: 0 0 0 8px; width: 612px;}.cbs-more {font: normal 12px Arial; color: #4B5054; padding-right:2px;Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-72495208790783862702015-10-10T02:36:00.002-07:002015-10-10T02:52:45.389-07:00Moms Missing OutHere's an entertaining video posted by a mom who is lamenting all the things she misses now that she has kids. Thankfully, there's no "but it's so worth it" backpedal at the end. Be sure to read the comments below her video for lots of other moms chiming in and adding to the list.
My childfree friends, let it not escape us how similar their list of things they miss is to my list of the Top 100Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-13110708706368545362015-03-13T03:46:00.001-07:002015-03-13T03:55:44.747-07:00More Annoying Parental Self-Congratulation
We've all seen these types of proclamations posted on Facebook, usually by wrung-out moms who need to constantly announce themselves as martyrs for the greater good of humanity so they can feel better about the parental prison sentence they are serving.
I couldn't resist when an old friend of mine posted this on Facebook. My reply was, "I don't have kids and I put others before myself", to Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-75611551724686032442014-03-09T09:10:00.000-07:002015-11-11T01:40:16.546-08:00Of Course it's All Worth It!
Thanks, CFVixen, for the forward!Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-26690891108478474752014-02-28T02:09:00.001-08:002014-02-28T02:11:04.379-08:00What I am Missing (Poor Me)
Ah, the "have it all" lifestyle. How wistfully I read this article. If only I had chosen a different path, I too could spend my days feeling like a failure at everything. Poor pitiable me. What was I thinking choosing the childfree life?
Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-57123377665018703402014-01-24T19:00:00.000-08:002015-11-11T01:40:53.990-08:00Friday LaughsChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-9457543880272653642014-01-05T01:43:00.004-08:002014-01-05T01:43:42.655-08:00No Regrets
Thanks to CFVixen for the forward (as always).Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-73859397201621811912013-12-16T19:00:00.000-08:002015-11-11T01:41:31.829-08:00Bitch and Backpedal (Revisited)Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-58126944321721302702013-12-02T06:00:00.000-08:002015-11-11T01:41:47.881-08:00Childfreedom's Favorite Money-Saving SitesUPDATE: Double cash back today at Ebates for Cyber Monday!
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Let's be honest. One of the great things about being childfree is having more time and disposible income to do fun things like dining out and shopping. While our childed friends are draining their bank accounts to pay for diapers, day care and soccer lessons, we CF folk get to enjoy dining out with our friends, going onChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-26895919761529360722013-11-18T03:02:00.002-08:002013-11-18T03:02:44.904-08:00We Just Don't Know...
Thanks CFVixen for forwarding this. Pretty funny. Except we childfree DO know what it's like to have kids. That's why we choose not to have them.Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-20952351537705168222013-08-03T18:00:00.000-07:002015-11-11T01:42:16.215-08:00More Media Attention on the Time Article
Thanks to CF Vixen for always keeping me in the loop. A reminder that you can read the Time article here. Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-47367029776018156602013-08-01T11:44:00.001-07:002013-08-03T08:43:35.780-07:00Look What's Coming...
AND they are taking a survey. Be sure to put in your two cents.
Time has posted part of the article here. So far, so good. Let's hope this article is fair to the childfree and doesn't consist of 3 pages of discussion about whether being childfree is selfish, and what kind of regrets the childfree may have later in life.
Already, the article's author is making the rounds.
UPDATE: Somebody Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-6020063050875293382013-07-30T07:57:00.002-07:002013-07-30T07:57:32.017-07:00The Question of Whether to Have Kids - on Sunday Morning
Thanks to CFVixen for forwarding me this spot that aired recently on the Sunday Morning show about the choice to have children.
While it was annoying that a good deal of the discussion concerning the childfree lifestyle was on the question of selfishness, as usual there was no discussion at all about the selfishness involved in having kids. Overall, though, it is a pretty decent spot that Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-36643285631497504992013-07-26T07:42:00.000-07:002013-07-26T07:42:00.365-07:00Friday LaughJohn Oliver on the royal birth. Too funny! Thanks to CFVixen for the forward.
Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-87562960369249080342013-07-22T02:45:00.000-07:002013-08-06T06:44:23.430-07:00An Extraordinary Event?
BREAKING NEWS! The Duchess of Cambridge is in labor.
The world is holding its collective breath in anticipation. Months of speculation - is it a boy or a girl? What will they name the child? When will we get to see the first photos of the royal baby? The hospital is encircled by the frenzied media. "Breaking News" updates are flashing on the television screen every 5 minutes about Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-12127824244142606972013-07-13T02:56:00.002-07:002013-07-13T02:56:26.853-07:00You'll Change Your MindWhy oh why do people assume that a person who has chosen not to have kids will change their mind? I think this assumption irritates me almost as much as the assumption that we are selfish.
The other day, I overheard some women at work talking about their children. These women are all in the 50s and 60s, so their children are adults. One of the women was talking about her daughter and mentionedChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-86665449946946595112013-06-07T00:00:00.000-07:002013-06-07T03:14:25.697-07:00Friday Laugh
Thanks, CF Vixen, for the forward!Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-8118213897031303212013-05-10T06:21:00.002-07:002013-05-10T06:21:28.052-07:00Another Facebook Doozie
Really?
I can think of plenty of ugly and evil people whose moms did not bring something beautiful into the world....Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and how about that guy from Cleveland they just arrested for imprisoning 3 girls in his house for 10 years? Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-92185154762932199612013-04-26T01:58:00.000-07:002013-04-26T01:58:00.166-07:00Friday Laughs
Thanks again to CFVixen for the forward.Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-958233979678201602013-04-22T17:28:00.002-07:002013-04-22T17:28:27.791-07:00Our Friend, the Regretful DadPopping in to say hello and tell you about our house guest - my hubby's friend Brian - who is visiting with us for a few days. He lives about 1,000 miles away, so it's only once every 3 or 4 years that we have the pleasure of seeing him.
Brian is married with 3 kids, age 16, 5 and 7. He left the wife and kids at home and is enjoying some guy time with my hubby.
He wasn't here 5 minutes beforeChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-52920756438299405472013-04-19T01:56:00.005-07:002013-04-19T01:56:54.454-07:00Friday Laughs
Thanks, CFVixen, for the forward.Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-55554850343237779452013-04-07T17:17:00.000-07:002013-04-07T17:19:28.484-07:00Whose wedding is this anyway?
Yesterday, my mom and I were having lunch and she was telling me about her friend Rosemarie whose son is getting married. I asked how the wedding plans were coming and she told me things were coming along pretty well, although she said Rosemarie, and one of her other kids, are upset because children are not going to be allowed at the wedding and this means that her grandchildren will not be Childfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155688048560818982.post-40129702423833207772013-03-17T01:39:00.001-07:002013-03-18T17:44:53.728-07:00I Wish I Had Known
Thank you to my friend Matt for forwarding me this article on Lifehacker, 10 Things I Wish I had Known Before Becoming a Parent. This is yet another mom-penned article outlining in detail all the things that are tough about parenthood, and ending with the requisite bitch and backpedal about how it's all worth it in the end.
The author of the article covers familiar ground:
Getting pregnantChildfreeeeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01776614837813912148noreply@blogger.com27